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Scorpion451
Since: Jan, 2013
30th Jun, 2016 12:39:49 PM
Badbutt and But Not Too Evil are two forms of this (for badasses and villains/anti-heroes, respectively)
There're some character types that Moral Guardians won't feel like portraying as heroes for a younger audience. Is there a trope (which I consider as a Censorship Trope) about writers making G-rated, heroic version of these character types by different means, for example Freudian Excuse?
It comes up after reviewing some recurring characters in Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note series, which is written for tween girls. While The Team won't fall into this description, the two Honorary True Companions, in the eye of an older reader, smacks of otherwise belonging to a type that's not heroic enough for the demographic but for some Justifying Edit:
Am I just seeing things, or it's actually a type of self-censorship?